Well, they’re not particularly creative. Mostly it’s like a form of shoplifting.  Maybe it’s because they are so young.

Desperate for clicks today? A slide show plus that damn offer to have your in-box cluttered. Just create a place where we can go and click twelve or thirteen times.

There’s no proof that he’s sterile.  He might have had the mumps and not mentioned it.

Pretty much nothing white. Milk, flour, corn (from which they can make syrup), sugar, flour, potatoes, etc. You need some vitamin C, but not a daily glass of O.J. which has as much sugar as a glazed donut. You will not get scurvy or rickets by cutting back O.J.  Once you reach the weight you want, you can introduce…

While it’s a business transaction, appraisers are human and they respond to neatness, cleanliness, order. You can take some clothes out of closets to make them look larger, although some appraisers never touch a closet door. If the front of the place looks shaggy, it affects the appraiser’s view of the rest of propert…

Italy imports wheat from the U.S. and Canada (mostly Canada).

There’s a place near where I live that offers deep-fried mac ‘n cheese, so a sandwich is not a big leap for me.

I used the Eggstractor, but you have to make sure the shell is cracked all over so it can flex. Elsewhere in The Takeout someone gave instructions for poaching One Egg - put 1/2 cup water in a glass measuring cup, crack the egg into it and microwave for about 65 seconds. If you follow that ratio -1 egg and 1/2 cup…

There were inroads to our privacy before 9/11. People were just starting to protest and Condi Rice and Dick Cheney were spouting weak reasons for our calls and emails being monitored. Along came 9/11 and previously responsible people said, “Come see and record anything you want (although I’d kinda prefer it wasn’t…

A friend cooks one apple down to mush and adds it to the two other different types of apples which he slices for his pie.  It is a memorable combination - 3 different apple flavors in one pie.

Campbell’s used to make something called Scotch Broth, which had lamb and barley in it.  Wonderful flavor.

It’s good to be a grownup. You can make these things for yourself and sit there and smear ‘em with butter and maybe some nice jam all afternoon.  Honey? Peanut butter? Better than bouillon? Sure try each one.

The well-known “Thirteenth Step”.

The purpose of an english muffin is to carry butter to your mouth, and cutting a muffin compresses the surface, hiding pockets which you should rightly be filling with butter.  

“...two full-time, salaried jobs...” if the job is salaried, it is not deceptive as long as you get all the work done. It would be different with hourly wages where you have committed that time to the employer whether or not there is anything to do.  One drawback is that you will have excess withholding taken out,…

Can’t you just put a place on the screen where we can click 9 or 10 times so we don’t have to go through the slideshows? 

All the dining rooms are closed in this neck of the woods which means I miss out on my cheapskate senior beverage (free small soda).

And it should be water that has never touched the earth, heated to no more than 178 degrees.

Cooking the macaroni in milk brings the starch into the sauce and before you dump in the awful orange powder, (or even shredded cheddar) you have an idea of how liquid the result will be.  It makes a wonderfully rich M&C.

This has a whole lot of, “Glad I got that over with” which in many cases is a means of denying how bad it was. If he can put this little life-altering event behind him, it’s clear sailing. The only thing he really has is a bit of a shaky beginning. He has a lot of work to do and I am hopeful that he gets the help…